Quick update from Quito, the capital of Ecuador in a valley high in the Andes.

Rode over some mountains from Baños to Quito, had my first encounter with the city's infamous traffic, and only had to wait four days for the rain to quit long enough to get out and take some pictures of the amazing architecture all around this city.

Baños, reduced to white specks in the valley below

Diego, owner of Mariscal Motos in Quito, showed me the fun way from Quito to Baños

Lane filtering in Quito's famously horrifying traffic

Plaza Grande

Plaza Grande

Baby's first bath since Punta Arenas, Chile, literally at the opposite end of the continent. I'd almost forgotten the bike was black underneath all of that dust.